The latest China–US trade truce signals a tactical pause rather than a genuine peace. Both powers, constrained by economic pressures and political realities, are recalibrating rather than reconciling — managing rivalry through restraint while quietly redrawing the boundaries of a fragmented, multipolar global economy.
Read MoreTrump’s renewed bid to meet Xi Jinping signals an uneasy recalibration in U.S.–China relations. Behind the optics of diplomacy lies a complex dance of political ego, trade anxiety, and global power projection that could redefine Asia’s strategic balance.
Read MoreDonald Trump’s claim of a China–Russia–North Korea “conspiracy” is less revelation, more projection. By reviving Cold War tropes, Washington exposes its insecurity. For India, the lesson is clear: resist pressure, guard autonomy, and refuse a role in America’s theatre.
Read MoreEvery decade tests India’s ability to balance between power blocs. From Nehru’s Bandung Conference to Indira’s Brezhnev axis, from Vajpayee’s Washington–Moscow manoeuvres to today’s Modi–Putin–Xi engagements, the story is one of continuity: India refusing to be dictated, preferring to script its own terms of engagement.
Read MoreIn Tianjin, as Modi, Putin, and Xi share a rare triangular stage, the encounter transcends summit optics. It echoes Bandung’s diplomacy, Indira–Brezhnev’s axis, and Vajpayee’s balancing act, marking another historical turn in India’s search for strategic autonomy amid shifting global currents.
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